Professional Certification in Food Safety

Food safety an important discipline that apparently is now a priority for food industries at all levels around the globe. A food industrial production would be seriously jeopardized if there is an absence of an effective and robust food safety management system. The industries face challenges to afford the implementation costs and seek trained professionals that are already trained in the field. The food safety breaches make a giant company to bend on knees as it spoils the image in the market and also develops a sense of suspicion over compliance.

Thus to overcome this FFSQ, IGMPI has taken an initiative to develop an advanced fast track programme that can equip individuals and professionals to face the challenges of the present.

Programme Structure

Module 1: General overview of Food Safety

Module 2: Food Industry: A glance

Module 3: Understanding contemporary U.S. food safety policy

Module 4: Food laws and policies of India

Module 5: Study on Food-borne Hazards, Illness & Epidemics

Module 6: Food GMP and its regulations

Module 7: Food Safety Management System (HACCP, ISO 22000/FSSC 22000)

Module 8: International standards and regulations for food safety

Module 9: Understanding the basic concepts of microbiology in food safety

Module 10: Emerging trends in food safety (like HARPC, etc)

Module 11: Food Quality Regulations and guidelines in India

Module 12: Case studies

Eligibility

Graduates in any discipline are eligible for our Post Graduate Diploma, Executive Diploma and Professional Certifications Programmes. 10+2 pass-outs are eligible for our Under Graduate Diploma and Diploma holders of two to three years course duration are also eligible for the PG Diploma.

Programme Duration

The duration of the training is 3 days.

Programme Mode

Registration is currently open for Part-time (Online Live Classes) mode.

Programme Deliverables

The accompanying training is appropriately aligned with the current Industry’s expectations.

• Interactive or online live sessions on all key areas of the programme giving all flexibility to the participants.
• All the efforts are made by IGMPI faculty members to make the entire programme modules easily understandable.
• Assessment and evaluation for all the programme modules in order to enhance the levels of competencies and skills of the participants leading towards the objective of application in the job.
• At the end of each programme modules, the trainers shall obtain feedback from the participants using specially designed questionnaires.
• All learning and training delivery initiatives shall be conducted in English.

Assessment & Certification

Online assessment will be conducted at the end of the programme and after successful completion; the participants will be awarded Professional Certification in Food Safety by Faculty of Food Safety and Quality, IGMPI.

Discipline in Classes and Examination

Every student is required to observe a disciplined behaviour during her/his classes, assessments & examinations and to follow instructions from the Professors. Any act of indiscipline may result into discredit & it will be mentioned in her/his academic report.

Placement Assistance & Corporate Relations

For the Post Graduate Diploma and Undergraduate Diploma Programmes, we will provide placement assistance after the completion of the programme. The Institute has partnered with many organizations for providing placement assistance to its students. The robust placement cell comprises senior level Human Resources professionals and Talent Acquisition experts which maintains close links with business and industry. The efforts of our placement cell also include helping with professional resume writing, interview skills & conducting mock interviews etc.

In recent months the Institute has witnessed more and more participation from professionals working with global healthcare like , Jhpiego, SELCO Foundation, TATA Foundation, Samarthan NGO, PSI, UNICEF, WHO, HCL Foundation, IPE Global, Optum, PATH, AIIMS, Action against Hunger, Ekta Shakti Foundation, Seva Foundation, India HIV-AIDS Alliance, HLFPPT, Deepak Foundation, Novartis, LalPath Labs Ltd., Fortis Healthcare Ltd., HealthCare Global Enterprises Ltd., Indraprastha Medical Corporation Ltd., Narayana Hrudayalaya Ltd., Piramal Enterprises Ltd., Wockhardt Ltd., Cactus Communications, Public Health Foundations of India, Cytel, Religare Health Insurance Company Ltd., Deloitte, DuPont Sustainable Solutions, Bain & Company, Alvarez & Marsal, McKinsey & Company, etc. The IGMPI’s Corporate Resource Division actively recommends our students and training participants for various job requirements and specialized roles to Human Resource, Talent Acquisition as well as the heads of various departments in Pharmaceutical, Healthcare industries on regular basis.

Future career prospects

Faculty of Food Safety and Quality (FFSQ), IGMPI online programme is a professional programme targeted to cater the food industry needs trained safety professionals. The information, guidance, practical training and off programme completion certificate will provide the participant with not one but many opportunities in the industry. This would come true in form of job roles and positions like that of Auditors, quality assurance executives, quality managers, position in NPD team, food safety consultants and many more.

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Last date for submitting completed Application Form: 20^th Aug 2026.

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